The American Culture (At a Glance) Starting Question • What is in the Filipino culture that is unique and different from other countries/cultures? • What is your impression of America? • What do you know about the American culture? United States • Known as the “melting pot” – Academics = “salad bowl” (cultural diversity) – Immigrations = Ireland‚ Germany‚ Poland‚ Italy‚ and Western Africa • Four races = Native American or American Indian‚ African American‚ Asian and White Graph Flag • Stars
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The changing role of Women in the 1920’s from a photograph taken from a 1928 US fashion magazine This source is a picture of four women dressed in flapper dresses (shorter dresses that showed off more of their body). In this source I have recognised that these women may be dancing the Charleston. This could have also been danced to jazz music. This source tells us that women weren’t accompanied by men anymore (without chaperones); this gave the impression that they were single and could whatever
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Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the 1920’s Marital arguments are one of the main reasons for divorce in this day in age. However‚ some couples have really good relationships because one partner does not force the other to do anything unwillingly‚ but will still argue over things they disagree on. Hemingway expresses this type of relationship in his short story‚ “Hills Like White elephants.” Set in a time where the inequality between men and women was very evident‚ Hemingway tells the story of an
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South American culture is unique in the way it ties in the old and new world. Unlike many other cultures that evolve from the ancient ways‚ South Americas old world still lives in the present. To walk in the streets of South America exposes you to market places filled with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables‚ hand stitched clothing‚ and herbal remedies. In my country of Ecuador for instance‚ main cities sit alone in the center of large rain forests. This basically means that the nearest cities are
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Chelsea Ellisor History 122 A Dr. Epting April 8‚ 2013 The "Roaring ’20s" The "Roaring ’20s" changed American culture and society forever. Women were greatly affected by this change. These changes not only showed independence for women‚ but changed the role of women. The public was aroused with suspicion. Women ’s clothing changed drastically beginning in the 1920s. The public saw women shortening the length of their skirts‚ cultivate a boyish figure‚ rouged their cheeks‚ cut their
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The 1920s “Roaring Twenties” were a dramatic age of social‚ economic‚ and political changes. The economy during that era had raised a lot when people started to have money in their pockets. The 1920s was known the age of changing in American society when electricity‚ radio‚ cars‚ movies‚ and other entertainments were taken place. In addition‚ people during that time moved to cities seeking better lives and jobs. Equally important stock market was the main where people started to invest their money
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Method Acting and 1950’s American Politics and Culture Throughout the twentieth century‚ method acting had been experimented with and practiced in the United States. The method had derived from Stanislavski’s "system" at the Moscow Art Theatre and was then given its own identity by method pioneers in the Group Theatre‚ Lee Strasberg‚ Stella Adler and Elia Kazan. Through the early 1900’s‚ the method had begun to gain recognition in American theatre‚ but swiftly attained considerable prominence on
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In the 1920s and 1930s women’s clothing became more freely flowing as opposed to more traditional constricting clothing styles until the late 1930s. The 1920s brought forth more comfortable clothing such as shorter skirts‚ lowered waistlines‚ and closer-fitted dresses to “emphasize youthful elegance” (History of 20th Century Women’s Clothing). This was deemed the “Flapper Era” and reigned from the early 1920s to the early 1930s before the Great Depression struck. During the Depression‚ clothing became
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History Research Paper The 1920’s had enormous potential for the U.S‚ America was the world’s superpower‚ American’s had luxurious houses‚ cars and high standards of living. Although the U.S gained a lot of prosperity in this year‚ there was still remaining problems like inequality that steamed from the past. The 1920’s was a dramatic and radical change to American life and even more dramatic change for women. Women have tried to gain freedom‚ independence and equality of man since man put labels
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Convention in 1849 which was the birthplace of feminism and the first ever women’s rights convention. Led and organized by middle-class Western white women‚ the suffrage movement gained traction with leaders Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1920‚ the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution barring the denial of a citizen’s right to
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